Dick Cheney

There has been a lot of news this week about Dick Cheney accidently shooting somebody during a hunting trip. I agree with people who defend Dick Cheney and say that it is completely overblown. I also do understand to some extent why it got media coverage since it's not every day that a high profile figure shoots somebody but still it's not something that should be in the news for more then a few days at most. I agree with people that say there are more important things to worry about in the world then some minor private incident. However, I do sense lots of hypocricy in some people since wasn't it only 7 years ago that another high profile figure (Bill Clinton)had some personal matters that were completely overblown. With both of these issues there were many more important things to focus on in this world. Sure it would be better if high profile people in government didn't accidently shoot people or have sexual runins with interns, but since neither of those things are a serious crime it's not something that should warrant extensive news coverage. The people who want the news coverage are the media (which always like these type of stories) and members of the opposite political party who think they can score political points when a rival has some bad press. Basically when it comes to politics to say there is hypocricy on both sides would be the understatement of the millenium.